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New hospital in Hanover Township on schedule to open in 2025

Allentown and King of Prussia, Pa – October 1, 2024 – Hanover Hill Behavioral Health, the joint venture partnership between Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS), held a beam topping ceremony today, an age-old tradition in which the last beam is placed on a construction project. This marks a major milestone for everyone on the project and it signifies the countless hours poured into the construction of the building. The new Hanover Hill Behavioral Health will be located at 1755 West Macada Road, Bethlehem, PA, near the Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Muhlenberg campus.

“This beam topping is an important milestone toward the opening of Hanover Hill Behavioral Health,” said Edward Norris, MD, Chief Medical Executive, Behavioral and Community Health Chair, Department of Psychiatry, LVHN. “It is a visual representation of our commitment to bring much-needed behavioral health care services to our community. We are proud to see the facility take shape and look forward to its opening in 2025.”

“The beam topping symbolizes that we are one step closer to bringing this new hospital to life and thereby serving the behavioral health needs of this community,” said Matt Peterson, President, Behavioral Health Division, UHS. “The commitment, energy and enthusiasm of the entire team working on this project is palpable. This passion will carry through when we open and begin serving patients and families with the high-quality care they expect and deserve.”

On track to open in 2025, Hanover Hill Behavioral Health will span more than 97,000 square feet and accommodate up to 144 beds, serving seniors, adults and adolescents with modern, innovative and evidence-based behavioral healthcare focused on individual needs, comfort and safety. Once completed and fully open, Hanover Hill Behavioral Health will employ approximately 300 full-time staff including physicians, nurses, therapists, mental health technicians, dietary and administrative personnel. Programming will be tailored to individual patient needs, with core psychiatric services and counseling supplemented with art therapy, music therapy and outdoor activities.

To view images of the beam topping, a live shot of construction, and renderings of the planned interior, visit the Hanover Hill Behavioral Health website: https://hanoverhillbh.com/

About Jefferson

Lehigh Valley Health Network is now proudly part of Jefferson Health. Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the Greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since our inception into an esteemed Fortune 300 corporation, our annual revenues during 2023 were approximately $14.3 billion. In 2024, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #299 on the Fortune 500; and ranked #399 among U.S. companies on Forbes Global 2000 World’s Largest Public Companies.

Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was upon the Company’s founding in 1979, enabling us to provide compassionate care to our patients and their loved ones. Our strategy includes building or acquiring high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, investing in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and becoming the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 27 inpatient acute care hospitals, 333 inpatient behavioral health facilities, 40+ outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE:UHT). For additional information visit www.uhs.com.

 

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Brian Downs